Selway
1 - Paradise to Selway Falls
August 7, 2022
| Reporter | Dave Steindorf |
| Gauge Reading | 1050 cfs at SELWAY RIVER NR LOWELL ID |
| Flow | Low Runnable |
Great trip with good friends. Paradise gauge read about .6 when we put on, 1200 cfs on the Lowell gauge. We encountered at least six other groups on the river. No issues with camping. I had to get out of the raft about a half dozen times to get unstuck, including basically walking the boat through Pinball Alley. Washer Woman and Wolf Creek are probably the two trickiest rapids on the run, although most of the run will require your full attention in a raft.
The USFS really needs to evauate the one launch per day limit on the Selway. We had five times that number of groups and I would say that number is at, but not exceding, capacity.